Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Israeli forces opened fire on a group of farmers near Gaza City, witnesses say.

GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces shot and injured a Palestinian farmer in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, locals said.

Witnesses
told Ma'an that Israeli forces stationed east of Gaza City opened fire
at a group of farmers in the area, injuring one person.

Medics said the man was taken to hospital with moderate injuries.

An
Israeli army spokeswoman said that "lately there have been several
incidents adjacent to the Israel-Gaza security fence. IDF soldiers
operate in the area in order to prevent infiltrations endangering the
civilians of southern Israel."

Israel's military is currently looking into reports of the incident, she added.

On Monday, Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man they said had approached a border fence in the Gaza Strip.

The
Palestinian Center for Human Rights, an NGO based in Gaza, condemned an
"excessive use of lethal force" by the Israeli army, adding artillery
shells had also been heard hitting near where the two men were shot.

On
August 11, Israeli troops also shot dead a man on the border with Gaza,
with the military saying he had been seen behaving suspiciously in an
area close to the border fence.

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Gaza -
Monday evening [September 30, 2013] Israeli soldiers shot and killed a
Palestinian man, injured and kidnapped another, near the border fence,
in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.

Israeli
media sources said that the soldiers opened fire at two Palestinians
who approached the border fence, and attempted to cut a hole in it
before the army chased them.

The
sources added that the army did not mention anything about whether the
Palestinians carried any weapons or explosives, an issue that indicates
they might have been trying to enter Israeli territory searching for
work.

Israeli
Ynet News has reported that the army initiated an investigation into
the incident, under the assumption that the two “might have been trying
to plant an explosive in the area”. After searching the area, the army
could not locate any explosives or weapons.

Palestinian
sources in Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza, stated that the soldiers
fired a number of shells into a land east of the town, and fired several
flares, while a military chopper hovered overhead.

Medical
sources in Kamal Adwan Hospital, in the nearby town of Beit Lahia,
stated that Palestinian medics located the body of Hweishel Ismael Abu
Hweishel, in his thirties, and moved it to hospital.

The slain resident is from Al-Mighraqa area, south of Gaza city.

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Israel: Palestinian shot dead at Gaza border

Published yesterday (updated) 01/10/2013 11:59

BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) --
Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man the army said had
approached a border fence in the Gaza Strip, a military official said.

An
army spokeswoman told Ma'an that soldiers based on the border shot and
killed one Palestinian and arrested another after the two approached the
fence suspiciously.

The official said they had ignored warnings to turn around, and the soldiers opened fire to protect themselves.

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IOF kill Palestinian, injure another north of Gaza

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01/10/2013 - 09:17 AM ]

GAZA, (PIC)-- The Israeli occupation
forces (IOF) on Monday said it had killed a Palestinian citizen and
wounded another to the north of the Gaza Strip after they approached the
security fence. According to Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper,
the IOF opened fire at two Palestinians after they neared the perimeter
fence to the east of Beit Hanoun.It added that one of them was shot dead while the other suffered serious wounds and managed to escape.Palestinian local sources, in turn, told
the Palestinian information center (PIC) that following the incident,
the IOF fired flares and extensive gunshots at the area near the
monument to the east of Beit Hanoun, while warplanes overflew the area.

About this blog

This is a blog about Gaza farmers, workers and all the civilian population living in Gaza Strip rural communities along the Green Line, suffering from daily Israeli attacks and resisting the implementation of a so called "buffer zone" by the Israeli Occupation Forces.

Note: this blog is focusing on Israeli attacks on civilians inside or around the so called "buffer zone". Attacks on resistance fighters, or attacks, usually airstrikes on civilians further inside the Gaza Strip, or along the Egypt border (apart from the eastern areas such as Al Shoka or the airport area) are usually not mentioned. For the attacks of the Israeli Navy see http://fishingunderfire.blogspot.com/